Distributional notesC. leprieurii has been wrongly applied to western Atlantic specimens presently distinguished as other species (e.g. C. apicula, C. apomeiotica, C. intermedia and C. ruetzleri) by investigators for nearly 150 years. At present this species is no longer verified from western Atlantic habitats in the United States; it is a tropical species from the Caribbean Sea, the Indian Ocean and the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean (Krayesky et al. 2011, 2012). - (25 Jan 2013) - Wendy Guiry

Habitat notes
Widespread in warm and temperate seas, penetrating temperate waters up to the latitudes of 40-46º; on upper parts of the pneumatophores of Avicennia marina, along with barnacles, in the midlittoral zone, in highly sheltered bay (Lipkin & Silva 2002). On Avicennia trunks and pneumatophores, and on rock and jetty piles, in calm localities; extending upstream in fresh-water in some localities (Womersley 2003). - (8 Jun 2010) - Wendy Guiry

HabitatTropical or cool temperate oceans. In Australia on Avicennia trunks and pneumatophores, and on rock and jetty piles, in calm localities; extending upstream in fresh-water in some localities (womersley 2003: 25).